Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ELEANOR DE MONTFORT (c. 1258 - 1282), princess and diplomat , possibly in fulfilment of an earlier agreement, in 1275. The reasons for this are uncertain, though J. B. Smith suggests that Llywelyn probably sought retaliation against Edward I, who harboured those who conspired to assassinate him in 1274, including his fugitive younger brother Dafydd. Dafydd was possibly Llywelyn's heir apparent and his defection may have spurred Llywelyn to marry Eleanor as a means
ELIAS, WILLIAM (1708 - 1787), poet According to David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri), he hailed from Clynnog - Elias ap Richard of Talhenbont smithy was his father, says J. E. Griffith (Pedigrees). He is said to have started life as a shoemaker, and the list of subscribers to the Diddanwch teuluaidd, 1763, and an occasional note in the manuscripts (e.g. Wynnstay MSS. 7, 105, 131, etc.), confirm this. Later, he became a farmer and land
ELIDIR SAIS (fl. end of the 12th century and the first half of the 13th.), a poet to be found in Dr. Henry Lewis's Hen Gerddi Crefyddol (together with a note on their authenticity in the introduction, xi). Elidir does not appear to have approved of Llywelyn the Great's aggressive policy. He mourns the death of Rhodri very bitterly, and laments that there is no one left to 'curb aggressors.' Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd was forced by the rise of his nephew, Llywelyn, to retreat to
ELLIS, ROBERT (Cynddelw; 1812 - 1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator reprint of Barddoniaeth Dafydd ap Gwilym. He also compiled Blodau Arfon (the work of Dewi Wyn) and edited Geiriadur y Bardd. He delighted in lexicography and produced Geiriadur Cymreig Cymraeg, 1868. His poetry - Barddoniaeth Cynddelw - was published under the editorship of Ioan Arfon by H. Humphreys, Caernarvon, in 1877. He was interested in every kind of antiquarian lore, published Manion Hynafiaethol
ELLIS, ROBERT (Llyfnwy; 1805 - 1872), parish clerk (1829-72) and poet Christened at Llanllyfni church, 20 October 1805 son of Ellis and Ann Dafydd, Penbryn Bach, Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire. He married Catherine Williams of Llandwrog in 1830 and they had seven children. As a poet, he was known by the name Llyfnwy. In 1852 he published Lloffion Awen Llyfnwy, a collection of his verse, but disarmed criticism by admitting in his introduction that he did not aspire to
EVAN, EVAN DAFYDD (fl. 1771-9), early Methodist exhorter
EVANS family Tan-y-bwlch, Maentwrog Thomas ap Dafydd ab Ifan ab Einion ab Osbwrn. The wife of his son, EVAN AP ROBERT, was Gwen, daughter of Humphrey ap Maredudd ab Evan ap Robert, Cesail-gyfarch, Caernarfonshire, and it was their son, ROBERT AB EVAN, who first stabilized the surname and became known as ROBERT EVANS. Robert Evans married Elizabeth, daughter of John Wynn ap Cadwaladr, Rhiwlas, Meironnydd, their heir being EVAN EVANS
EVANS, BERIAH GWYNFE (1848 - 1927), journalist and dramatist succeeded him as gorsedd recorder. Amongst the books of which he was the author are Dafydd Dafis, 1898; Diwygwyr Cymru, 1900; The Life Romance of Lloyd George (n.d.); a Welsh version of the same book, Rhamant Bywyd Lloyd George, 1916, published in Utica U.S.A.; and Owain Glyndŵr, 1911. The last-named, a recast version of the Llanberis play of 1879, was acted in Caernarvon in the course of the celebrations
EVANS, DAFYDD - see EVANS, DAVID
EVANS, DAFYDD (1842 - 1893), schoolmaster - see EVANS, DAVID
EVANS, DANIEL (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion; 1792 - 1846), cleric and poet , and some English and Latin verse. Daniel Ddu was the poet of the eisteddfod and of the ' Cambrian Societies.' In the Dyfed provincial eisteddfod, 1823, he won the prize for his ' Awdl ar Sefydliad Coleg Dewi Sant ' and the silver medal for his ' Awdl ar Fuddugoliaethau diweddar y Groegiaid ar y Tyrciaid.' He belonged to three circles of poets: the school of Dafydd Ddu Eryri, that of Gwallter Mechain
EVANS, DANIEL (Eos Dâr; 1846 - 1915), musician Born in a thatched cottage called Tŷ Coch, near Carmarthen, son of Dafydd and Esther Evans. The family moved to Aberdare, where the boy began to work in a coalmine at the early age of 8. As the father was a printer in the office of Y Gwron and Seren Gomer, the son came to know such persons as Llew Llwyfo (Lewis W. Lewis) and others who worked in that printing office. When he was 11 years old he

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